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SUBMITTER: Mao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC528821 | biostudies-literature | 2004
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nucleic acids research 20041026 19
Biological macromolecules have been used to fabricate many nanostructures, biodevices and biomimetics because of their physical and chemical properties. But dynamic nanostructure and biomachinery that depend on collective behavior of biomolecules have not been demonstrated. Here, we report the design of DNA nanocompartments on surfaces that exhibit reversible changes in molecular mechanical properties. Such molecular nanocompartments are used to encage molecules, switched by the collective effec ...[more]